Combination curtain, drapery, and shade fixture



Jan. 18, 1949. N. CHATTERTON COMBINATION CURTAIN, DRAPERY AND SHADE FIXTURE 2 Shees-Sheet 1 Filed Oct. 18, 1946 Jan. 18, 1949. CHATTERTQN 2,459,619 I COMBINATION CURTAIN, DRAPERY AND SHADE FIXTURE Filed Oct. 18, 1946 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 Patented Jan. 18, 1949 UNITED s'rAr Es PAT NT; a

CQMBINATION CURTAIN, DRA'PERY, AN'D' SHADE FIXTURE Neil Chatterton, Oswego, N. Y., assignor to The Neil Chatterton Associates, Oswego, N. Y., a

copartnership Application October 18, 1946, Serial No. 704,240

6 Claims. (01. 248-252). 1

a fixture of the foregoing character which may be quickly and easily installed and anchored to the face of a window frame, and which permits both the curtains and draperies to be adjusted relative to the shade, as well as independent adjustment of the same relative to the window f and/or the floor, all without change of the fixture anchoring means and consequent marring of the window frame. I

In attaining the aforementioned objectives, my

invention is characterized by the provision of a slotted anchor plate or base which may be permanently installed, in pairs, on the window frame, with one anchor plate at one side of the frame and the other anchor plate at the opposite side of the frame, preferably at or near the junction of the vertical face boards and the head board. Each anchor plate or base is so constructed as to permit a window shade bracket and a separate multi-way curtain or drapery rod supporting bracket to be connected directly thereto, or alternatively, to supporting bars or arms having provision for vertically andhcrizontally adjusting the brackets thereon, and which are in turn connected to the anchor plate for selective adjustment as a whole in a vertical plane. In the case of the window shade brackets, provision is also preferably made for adjusting the same laterally to compensate for minor variations in the lengths of different window shade rollers.

Other important characteristics of my invention are rigidity and exceptionally great strength of the fixture assembly in all positions of adjustment, and theease and facility with which the adjustments may be made, particularly in adapting the same to different types of curtain or drapery supporting rods, as permittedby the multl-way bracket aforesaid, and in adjusting the height and lateral spacing of the-curtains and drapes, or their distance from'the 'floor, without the aid of a tape measure or other measuring instrumentalities.

Other and further objects and advantagesfof the invention will be hereinafter scribe-gland relates to fixtures for I the novel features thereof defined by'thelappended claims.

In the drawings; l I: 5 Figure l is a fragmentary view in front elevation, showing the upper .portion of a window frame-with a pair ofmy newcombination curshown in Figure 1;

tain, drapery and window shade fixtures applied thereto; s 4 Figure 2 .is a top plan View of the arrangement Figure 3 is a vertical sectionalview taken :on the line 3-3 of Figure l, on an enlarged scale;-

Figure 4 is a fragmentary. view in front :elevation,.showing a modified arrangement of. cheer the fixtures, with -the.multi-way bracket and window shade bracket-both mounted directly on the anchor .plate or base, and eliminatingthe adjustable supporting bars or arms which are shown in the arrangement depictedin Figure l;

Figure 5 is .a horizontal sectional View taken on I theline 55 of Figure 4; I v r Figure 6 is aview in elevation of the'multi-way' curtain and draperyrod supporting bracketper 5e; and 1: Figure 7 isa perspective view of the Window shade supporting bracket per se Like reference characters designate corresponding parts in the several figures/of the draw ings, wherein I, I generally denote in-"thei-r entireties a pair of fixtures constructed in ac'cord' ance with my invention, as adapted for the support of curtains,- draperies and a window shade, with the fixturesanchored to the face of a window frame,'generally designated 2, atthe r-es'pec 1 tive opposite sides-thereofnear the top of'the window frame. The fixtures'are' of substantially identical construction, andthe component parts thereof are preferably mad-e of "metal or other suitable material having sufficient strength and rigidity. f

As bestshown'in'Figures l to 3 inclusive, each fixture'includes an elongated anchor plate or base, designated 3; the opposite'en ds :of which are olfset-rear-wardlyand provided with openings extending "therethrough" to receive f' suitab'le fastenings, such as screws 4. "In installingthe anchorplates-on the window frame 2; they are preferably mounted flush with the-inner edges of the verticalface boards .5 or the windowfram'e, with the upper extremitybf the anchor plate located atorn'ear the junction of thevertical face boards. 5 with'the-head board 6, However, if desired, the anchor; plates may be secured to, any convenientpartflof the window frame; valthough the preferred location referred to above has the advantage of uniformity of location without resort to measuring instrumentalities, and the further advantage of affording the maximum range of adjustment of the curtain and drapery rod supports and the window shade bracket as will be hereinafter more fully described. I

Each anchor plate 3 is longitudinally slotted, as at I, with the opposite extremities of the slot continued partly along the offset portions of the anchor plate and terminating at the. extreme ends of the slot in enlarged openings of generally semi-circular outline, as indicated at 8, 8,

for the reception of a headed screw fastening 9. The screw fastening 9 is preferably provided with a shank of square or rectangular cross-section of such size as to be freely slidable in the slot I after the head III has been entered in one of the enlarged openings 8 atthe end of the slot, and when the screw fastening is disposed in the slot, it is :prevented from turning on its own axis. The shank of the screw fastening is threaded for engagement with a nut II, the periphery of which is preferably knurled to facilitate tightening of the nut. To further aid in tightening the nut II, the nut is preferably provided with a transversely or diametrically extended slot I2 in the outer face thereof to receive a screwdriver, coin, or other mechanical instrumentality such as is commonly available in a household.

At the opposite'ends of the slot 1 in each anchor plate, and disposed in a plane behind the intermediate portion of the anchor plate which is spaced forwardly from the face of the window frame when the anchor plate is mounted on the window frame, the slot is widened as at I3, I3 to receive a flat bar or arm I4. When the arm or bar I4 is passed through the widened ends I3, I3 of the slot in the anchor plate, the arm or bar will lie in a vertical position, spaced slightly forwardly from the face of the window frame, with the arm or bar slidably engaging the inner face of the intermediate portion of the anchor plate, as best shownin Figure 3 of the drawings. The vertical arm or bar I4 is preferably provided with a series of spaced keyhole slots I5 to receive the headed fastening 9 which serves to rigidly secure the bar or arm to the anchor plate 3. In making the connection between the bar or arm I4 and, the anchor plate 3, the headed fastening 9 mayfirst be inserted in one of the keyhole slots I5, following which the bar or arm M may be inserted through the anchor plate from top to bottom or from bottom to top, until the headed fastening is disposed in the slot I of the anchor plate. Thereuponthe nut II may be tightened to firmly secure the arm or bar I4 to the anchor plate 3. A substantial range of vertical adjustment of the bar or arm I4 may be attained by the selective engagement of the headed fastening 9 in any one of the keyhole slots I5, in addition to which the slot'I in'the anchor plate 3 affords a further range of vertical adjustment of the bar or arm with the headed fastening I 9 engaged in any given keyhole slot.

A second bar or arm I9 is preferably provided for attachment to the vertical bar or arm I4 in a horizontal position, said second bar or arm I6 being a duplicate of the bar or arm I4. The bar or' arm I9 is also provided with a series of spaced keyhole or bayonet slots I! for receiving a second headed fastening I8 which is preferably identical with the headed fastening 9, being provided with a square threaded shank so as to prevent turning of the fastening when it is moved into the narrow portions of the respective keyhole or bayonet slots I5 and II. In mounting the horizontal bar or arm I6 on the vertical bar or arm I4, the headed fastening I8 may first be passed through a selected one of the slots I1 and a nut loosely applied onto the shank of the fastening. *Thereaftenthe head of the fastening may be passed through the enlarged portion of one of the keyhole slots I5 of the bar I4, and the nut finally tightened up so as torigidly secure the two bars together and prevent them from moving relative to each other.

Each fixture includes a multi-way curtain and drapery rod supporting bracket generally designated I9, said bracket including a bifurcated arm 20 for receiving thereon a conventional type of curtain or drapery supporting rod, a second hook-shaped arm 2| extending from the bracket in a plane at right angles to the arm 29, and a third arm 22 extending from the bracket in still another plane, and terminating. in a cylindrical collar 23. Thearms 2| and 22 are so designed as to engage with still other conventional types of curtain and drapery supporting rods such as are commonly in use. For the purpose of mounting the curtain and drapery support bracket I9, the bracket is provided with two openings of rectangular configurationrespectively designated 24 and 25; the opening being located at the intersection of the'two arms 22 and 29, and the opening 25 being located in the arm 2|. These openings are adapted.v to selectively receive therein a headed fastening 26 identical with the fastenings 9 and I8, so that the bracket I9 may bemounted in either of two major positionsin each of which the bracket may be shifted about the axis of the fastening 26 to selectively dispose the respective arms in operative position for engaging different types of curtain and drapery supporting rods (not shown). In Figures 1' to 3 of the drawings, the bracket I9 is shown mounted on the horizontal arm .orbar I6, with the fastening 26 selectively engaged in one of the keyhole slots 11. It will-be obvious that the bracket I9 may be horizontally adjusted along the arm I6 by suitably engaging thefastening 26 in any other selected slot II, or, if preferred, the arm I6 may be dispensed with entirely, and the bracket I9 mounted directly on the vertical arm or bar, by suitably engaging the fastening 26 in one of, the slots I5. In the latter case, the bracket I9 can be adjustedin a vertical direction only, although, of course, the

bracket is shiftable about the axis of the fastene ing 26 to various positions that will present the respective bracket arms for, use in. engaging. the particular typev of curtain ,or drapery supporting rod which is to be employe d gin hanging the curtains and drapes; n

A still further modified arrangement of the bracket I9 is shown in Figures I and 5 of the drawings, wherein the bracket is mounted directly on the anchor plate or base 3, andboth'of the bars or arms I 4 and IB are dispensed with en-' bracket having the'form of a:multi-way' curtain and drapery rod support, and means for connecting said second bracket to the anchor plate in selective positions of adjustment, said lastqnentioned' connecting means including a pair of supporting bars each having a series of keyhole slots therein for selective registrationone with the other, screw fastening means engageable in said slots for connecting the bars together with one bar disposed vertically and the other. bar horizontally, additional screw fastening means selectively engageable with the slots'in either bar for attaching the second bracket thereto, and means for adjustably attaching the vertical bar to the anchor plate for vertical adjustment of both bars and the second bracketas a whole and independently of adjustment of the bars and the'second bracket relative to each other. I

4. In a combination curtain, drapery and windowshade fixture, a longitudinally slotted anchor plate having its opposite ends rearwardly offset and provided with openings to receive anchor fastenings for attaching the same to the face of a window frame, the rearwardlyoffset ends ofsaid anchor plate being laterally slotted, an elongated flat bar slidable through the lateral slots aforesaid and lying behind the longitudinally slotted portion of the anchor platebetween the offset ends of the latter, said bar being longer than the anchor plate and having a plurality of keyhole slots therein arranged at spacedintervals along the bar and selectively registrable with the longitudinal slot in the anchor plate, a

headed screw fastening selectively engageable in p the keyhole slots aforesaid and freely engageabl'e in and removable from the anchor plate slot, said screw fastening being slidably adjustable in the anchor plate slot and serving to permit a limited longitudinal adjustmentlof the bar relative to the anchor platewhen the screw fastening is engaged with a selected keyhole slot in the bar, a window shade supportingbracket adjustably mounted on the anchor plate and. connected thereto'bythe screw fastening aforesaid, and a multi-way curtain and drapery rodsupporting bracket'adjustably mounted on the bar. I V

5. In a combination curtain, drapery and window shade fixture, a longitudinally slotted anchor plate having its opposite ends rearwardly offset and provided with openings to receiveanchor 'fastenings for attaching the sameto the face of a window frame, the rearwardly 'ofiset ends of said anchor plate being laterally slotted,

an elongated fiat bar slidable through the lateral slots aforesaid and lying behind the longitudinally slotted portion of the anchor platebetween the oifset ends of the latter, said bar being longer than the anchor plate and having a pluralityof keyhole slots therein arranged at spaced inter vals along the bar and selectively registrable with the longitudinal slot in the anchor plate, a headed screw fastening selectively engageable in the key?- hole slots aforesaid and freely engageabl'e'in and 1 8 7 removable-from the anchor plate slot, saidlscreiv fastening being slidably adjustable in the anchor plate slot and'serving-to permit a limitedlongi- 'tudinal adjustment-of the'bar relative to theanchor plate'when the screw fast'eningis engaged with a selected keyhole slot in the bar','a window shade supporting bracket adjustably mounted on the anchor plate and connected thereto by'the screw fastening aforesaid, and a multi-way curtain and drapery rod supporting bracket-selectively attachable directly to the bar and themchor plate respectively. 7 6. In a combination curtain,draperyand'window shade fixture, a longitudinally slotted anchor plate having its opposite ends rearwardly offset'and provided with openings to receive anchor fast'enings for j attaching the same to the face of awindow-frame, the rearwardly" offset ends of said anchor plate being laterally slotted, an elongated flat bar slidable through the lateral slots aforesaid and lying behind the longitudinally slotted portion of the anchor'pla'te between the offset ends of the Iattensaid-bar beinglong'er than the anchor plate and havinga plur'alityl'of keyhole slots therein arrangedat spaced intervals along the bar and selectively registrable'with the longitudinal slot in the anchor plate, a headed screw fastening selectively engageable in the keyhole slots aforesaid and freely engageablein'and removable from the anchor plate slot, said screw fastening being slidably adjustable in the anchor plate slot and serving to permit a limited longiwhen attached directly to the anchor plate, and

selectively engageable with a correspond-ingscrew fastening which is itself selectively engageable inthe keyhole slots in the bar when attached directly tothe barb j j NEIL CHA'I'II'ER'IYOKJ.

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